There is no set distance. Normally the wicket keeper will stand right up at the stumps to spin bowlers. To faster bowlers the 'keeper normally stands so that the ball is caught chest high to a delivery of normal legnth.
Janardan Navle is India's first wicket keeper.
Yes, a substitute can stand as a wicket keeper during the match.
SMH Kirmani was Indian wicket keeper in 1983 world cup.
Adam gilchrist
Derrick Murray was the Trinidadian wicket keeper / Bats man.
The wicket keeper normally puts the fielders helmet behind him , so if the wicket keeper misses the ball and it hits the helmet behind him the team that is batting gets 5 runs
Yes
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a wicket keeper but he also can bowl a nice medium pace and a brilliant batsmen.
Moin Khan was the wicket-keeper of Pakistan in the 1999 ODI Cricket World Cup.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni; the Indian Wicket-Keeper Captain.
Matthew James Prior
The answer is Gauntlets